Archive for March 23, 2013

ELM STREET – Australia’s Heavy Metal Troupe Introduces New Bassist

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Australia’s traditional Heavy Metal quartet ELM STREET has introduced its new bassist! Anthony Longordo has recently joined the band as he replaces Brendan Farrugia.

The band commented: 

“A massive Metal welcome to the new member of our family, Anthony Longordo on the thumping bass! A HUGE Metal salute to our brother Brendan Farrugia for the kickass bass skills he gave us over the years and we wish him all the best for the future!”

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If you’re living in Australia, you’ll have the chance to see Anthony live soon:

11.05.2013 AU Fitzroy – The Evelyn Hotel – www.facebook.com/events/474861242579727

01.-02.11.2013 AU Sydney – The Wall – www.facebook.com/events/572942722716094

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ELM STREET released their debut album Barbed Wire Metal in November 2011 via Massacre Records. It was produced by Ermin Hamidovic and was mastered at Panic Room Mastering in Sweden. The artwork was created by the well-known artist Ed Repka.

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ELM STREET:

Ben Batres – Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Aaron Adie – Lead Guitar

Tomislav Perkovic – Drums

Anthony Longordo – Bass Guitar

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You can read the review Stone wrote for Barbed Wire Metal, featured on Metal Odyssey back on November 8, 2011: click on the link below!

ELM STREET – Raises Some Impressive Hell With Their Debut METAL Assault: Barbed Wired Metal

Above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on November 8, 2011.

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Source:

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For more info on ELM STREET, click on the links below!

facebook: Elm Street

http://www.metalelmstreet.com

http://www.massacre-records.com

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LONG LIVE ELM STREET.

Stone.

GRIM REAPER “Fear No Evil” – 1985 Album Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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GRIM REAPER – Released back in 1985, on RCA Records, Fear No Evil (the second studio album) from the UK’s Grim Reaper is a Metal classic worth revisiting time and again. Grim Reaper is as legit a member of the NWOBHM as any of their peers; the only unfortunate drawback is our Metal community has just 3 studio albums to savor from them.

Nonetheless, Fear No Evil may very well be the best of the lot from Grim Reaper. With a no-nonsense approach to production, all the unnecessary bells and whistles are not present on this album; making it for an Old School Metal gem from a decade that produced unparalleled and gilt-edged Metal history.

Fear No Evil plays along so grand, I’d swear this album should be on (at least) my “Top 100 Metal Albums Of All-Time” list. That’s if I actually took the time to write-up such a head-scratching list! Maybe someday I shall embark on such a Metal venture. Whoa.

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Grim Reaper (for those of you unfamiliar) is a band that would fit right in at a Metal festival with Witch Cross, Satan, Angel Witch, Raven, Crystal Viper, Venom… you must get the Metal point by now! This is a band that didn’t get much airplay in my neck of the woods as a teen, back in those glorious Metal 80’s; save for the title track from their 1984 debut album: See You In Hell. Regardless, after that said debut album, I had already anointed Grim Reaper as Metal legends.

I can’t lie, not every song on Fear No Evil is killer, with Rock And Roll Tonight being the sore thumb. It’s not as if this is a terrible song, not at all, it just doesn’t seem to “fit in” with the total Metal package that Fear No Evil is all about. This is an album that screams spikes, keg parties for the seasoned pros, biker rallies and of course… denim and leather. Get this Metal classic, Fear No Evil, from Grim Reaper if you haven’t yet; you’ll be wishing this band made ten more albums just like this one. Metal be thy name.

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FEAR NO EVIL – Track Listing:

Fear No Evil

Never Coming Back

Lord Of Darkness (Your Living Hell)

Matter Of Time

Rock And Roll Tonight

Let The Thunder Roar

Lay It On The Line

Fight For The Last

Final Scream

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GRIM REAPER – On Fear No Evil:

Steve Grimmett – vocals

Nick Bowcott – guitars

Dave Wanklin – bass

Mark Simon – drums

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For more info, click on the link below! Whoa!

facebook: Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper

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LONG LIVE STEVE GRIMMETT’S GRIM REAPER.

Stone.